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so how about it, governor romney? are you campaigning with governor ultrasound in spite of his long and radical anti-abortion record or are you campaigning with governor ultrasound because of that record? when asked at today's event if he thinks his ultrasound bill could cause problems for mitt romney, here's what governor ultrasound himself had to say about it. >> no. look, i'm pro-life, romney's pro-life, some people have a different opinion. we've been debating this for 40 years in virginia. people have differences of opinion on that. i believe it's important to support a culture of life, so does governor romney. >> governor ultrasound says that he and mitt romney, two peas in a pod. they are totally in sync on their super anti-abortion politics. we asked the romney campaign today if they agree. we asked the romney campaign today if governor romney supports governor mcdonnell's two-decade anti-abortion record. if there's anything on the subject of governor mcdonnell's anti-abortion record that mitt romney disagrees
so how about it, governor romney? are you campaigning with governor ultrasound in spite of his long and radical anti-abortion record or are you campaigning with governor ultrasound because of that record? when asked at today's event if he thinks his ultrasound bill could cause problems for mitt romney, here's what governor ultrasound himself had to say about it. >> no. look, i'm pro-life, romney's pro-life, some people have a different opinion. we've been debating this for 40 years in...
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they came to the decision that they need to attack governor romney. particularly during the early summer months. as you laid it out, they have a strong case to make. this has been a consequential presidency. it's hard to go wrong in a campaign when you have positives to accentuate, at least in the last say six or eight weeks of the campaign. i don't know why they didn't do it. when we look back on the election, especially if president obama should lose, they will regret not running some version of what you ran to open the program. >> i see the value, the political value in defining mr. romney because he was known but not understood. they took the opportunity to do that 37. by not having the campaign be about president obama's first term, if you take the pillars, the automobile bailout, repealing don't ask don't tell, it didn't end up being what he did in this campaign. >> knowing women are going to be the decisive factor will be does he get the percentage of women he got the last time and do the women turn out for him this time. one of the things that
they came to the decision that they need to attack governor romney. particularly during the early summer months. as you laid it out, they have a strong case to make. this has been a consequential presidency. it's hard to go wrong in a campaign when you have positives to accentuate, at least in the last say six or eight weeks of the campaign. i don't know why they didn't do it. when we look back on the election, especially if president obama should lose, they will regret not running some version...
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>> team romney denying a report in "the boston globe." >> governor romney will have to defend what he did at bain. >> he's going to have to
>> team romney denying a report in "the boston globe." >> governor romney will have to defend what he did at bain. >> he's going to have to
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that state's republican governor nikki haley threw her support behind mitt romney for president. now, nikki haley, seen as a rising star in the republican party closely aligned with the tea party, this was a big coup for mitt romney a stamp of approval from the conservative base of the party, happened in a critical state. he got the nikki haley endorse nent. something weird happened. he got trounced in south carolina. he did not just lose to newt gingrich, he lost by double digits, was not close. mitt romney rebounded, went on to win in florida and nevada, but losing south carolina after getting the endorsement of the republican governor, that turned out to be a sign of things to come. after tim pawlenty dropped out of the race last fall, he also threw support behind mitt romney for the republican nomination. but when minnesota republicans got their chance to vote, they went for rick santorum instead. mitt romney not only didn't win minnesota, he didn't even come in second in minnesota. he finished third in minnesota. despite having the endorsement of the state's former governor.
that state's republican governor nikki haley threw her support behind mitt romney for president. now, nikki haley, seen as a rising star in the republican party closely aligned with the tea party, this was a big coup for mitt romney a stamp of approval from the conservative base of the party, happened in a critical state. he got the nikki haley endorse nent. something weird happened. he got trounced in south carolina. he did not just lose to newt gingrich, he lost by double digits, was not...
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romney man in 2002 for massachusetts governor. he ran against shannon o'brien. and shannon o'brien, no surprise, decided to run by upstating the same attacks that were so devastating against romney eight years earlier in the ted kennedy senate race. instead of the indiana paper mill that ted kennedy used in the ads against mr. romney in 1994, eight years later in 2002, shannon o'brien decided to use the gst steel mill experience against mr. romney. gfc still steel mill was a mill in operation since 1888 before bain got ahold of it. the end was the mill shut down. 750 jobs lost. their pension benefits were cut by hundreds of dollars a month. on the pension thing specifically, the federal government had to pitch in tens of millions of dollars to bail out the workers that bain cut off through a pension guarantee program. but hey, bain made money off it. mitt romney made money off it. shannon o'brien hit mitt romney with that story in 2002. newt gingrich hit mitt romney with that story this year. the whole king of bain thing that newt gingrich deployed against mitt
romney man in 2002 for massachusetts governor. he ran against shannon o'brien. and shannon o'brien, no surprise, decided to run by upstating the same attacks that were so devastating against romney eight years earlier in the ted kennedy senate race. instead of the indiana paper mill that ted kennedy used in the ads against mr. romney in 1994, eight years later in 2002, shannon o'brien decided to use the gst steel mill experience against mr. romney. gfc still steel mill was a mill in operation...
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the romney campaign spokesperson saying, governor romney of course would support legislation aimed at providing greater protections for life. usually they get away with this, on iran, on obama care, on taxes, on other issues, this is their go-to. they just say, no, never mind what mr. romney just said, he didn't really mean it. usually it works for them. but today the beltway press and the opposing campaign and anybody who has ever paid attention to mitt romney on this issue, today, enough. today, everybody said enough. on this one, no, you cannot get away with it. not when this is your record. with the record that you have on this subject, you have to run on this record. this is the mitt romney record on this issue. on just the overall idea on whether president obama would ever sign legislation to ban abortion, this is not a matter of dispute. this is not a matter of subtleties. this is an actual question that mitt romney has answered, directly. it's very clear. >> i would welcome a circumstance where there was such a consensus in this country that we said, we don't want to have abor
the romney campaign spokesperson saying, governor romney of course would support legislation aimed at providing greater protections for life. usually they get away with this, on iran, on obama care, on taxes, on other issues, this is their go-to. they just say, no, never mind what mr. romney just said, he didn't really mean it. usually it works for them. but today the beltway press and the opposing campaign and anybody who has ever paid attention to mitt romney on this issue, today, enough....
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>> listen, governor romney has some good advisers around him. it's a puzzle to me, whether you like candidate romney or not, he has some good advisers around him. and these things, trotting out condoleezza rice, trotting out tommy franks, which tie him directly to the bush administration simply do not make any sense. having said that, rachel, i thought this was a great debate last night. i went through the historical record and have seen all of the televised debates. this was, i think, the best single debate that we've had in the history of the television debates and the three debates, the two presidential debates and the vice presidential debate, as a threesome, are by far the best series of debates that we've had. it's rather encouraging. the format last night worked. i did like the idea that real people were asking real questions. the best question of the night, you've already said, was the women who said, look, i've got my concerns about you, about president obama, but you, governor romney, i want to know how you explain the difference betwe
>> listen, governor romney has some good advisers around him. it's a puzzle to me, whether you like candidate romney or not, he has some good advisers around him. and these things, trotting out condoleezza rice, trotting out tommy franks, which tie him directly to the bush administration simply do not make any sense. having said that, rachel, i thought this was a great debate last night. i went through the historical record and have seen all of the televised debates. this was, i think,...
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he called him an excellent governor. mitt romney is planning a trip this weekend to a don't recall scott walker campaign call center. rick santorum telling a supporter he may try to do that this weekend, too. while that might sound like a fun time or a political necessity, think about what this means down the road. a brand new nbc marist poll out of wisconsin shows president obama beating mitt romney by 17 points in wisconsin. it shows the president beating rick santorum in wisconsin by 13 points. now, at this point in the campaign, rick santorum losing by less to president obama might be important to republicans deciding between these two guys in the primary. if the best case scenario for the republicans is losing the general election by 13 points, if that's the best case scenario, the big picture for republicans in the state looks bad. the reason scott walker is facing a historic recall election this year is not just because some of his political opponents don't like the cut of his jib. it's because tons of wisconsin v
he called him an excellent governor. mitt romney is planning a trip this weekend to a don't recall scott walker campaign call center. rick santorum telling a supporter he may try to do that this weekend, too. while that might sound like a fun time or a political necessity, think about what this means down the road. a brand new nbc marist poll out of wisconsin shows president obama beating mitt romney by 17 points in wisconsin. it shows the president beating rick santorum in wisconsin by 13...
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what if mitt romney picked virginia governor, wouldn't that put him over the top. wouldn't that lock up virginia for the republicans. you want to see the bob mcdonald effect. by himself mitt romney loses to barack obama by eight points. get ready for the bob mcdonald bump. ready. go. aww. bob mcdonald has a tiny bump. a minibump. a one-point bump. he loses by seven points. even bob mcdonald is down. his approval rating has dropped. the pollsters looking for an explaination for governor mcdonnell's approval rating drop turns to two bills. the forced ultrasound bill and the bill repealing the one handgun a month aents gun running law. virginia voters preferred the old gun law. the one a month limit on handguns over the repeal signed. they also found that the state is not happy with the law that gave bob mcdonnell the nickname governor ultrasound. for his part, bob mcdonnell is fur roious that everybody callsm governor ultrasound. >> if you were educating yourself on this bill, did you originally not realize it might mandate? >> it wasn't my procedure. this wasn't my
what if mitt romney picked virginia governor, wouldn't that put him over the top. wouldn't that lock up virginia for the republicans. you want to see the bob mcdonald effect. by himself mitt romney loses to barack obama by eight points. get ready for the bob mcdonald bump. ready. go. aww. bob mcdonald has a tiny bump. a minibump. a one-point bump. he loses by seven points. even bob mcdonald is down. his approval rating has dropped. the pollsters looking for an explaination for governor...
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utah governor john huntsman had looked like the other mitt romney, the other establishment good guy to beat, but when he threw his support to mitt romney, that was a feather in his cap. another romney supporter for the long, long lists of romney supporters. check out john huntsman on this network earlier today when he was asked about last night's republican debate. >> gone are the days when the republican party used to put forward big, bold, visionary stuff. i see zero evidence of people getting out there and addressing the economic deficit, which is a national security problem, for he haven heaven's sake, in addressing the trust step. i think we're going to have problems until we get some sort of third party movement or an alternative voice that can put forward new ideas. >> john huntsman saying we need new ideas, we need a new voice, heck, we need a new party. but remember, vote for my guy, vote for mitt romney. i endorse him. it sounds less convincing when you put it like that. that does it for u
utah governor john huntsman had looked like the other mitt romney, the other establishment good guy to beat, but when he threw his support to mitt romney, that was a feather in his cap. another romney supporter for the long, long lists of romney supporters. check out john huntsman on this network earlier today when he was asked about last night's republican debate. >> gone are the days when the republican party used to put forward big, bold, visionary stuff. i see zero evidence of people...
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>> governor romney as governor raised taxes and massachusetts was 47th in job creation. fourth from the bottom. >> that was how mitt romney's fellow republicans attacked him in the primaries this year. that's part of why you haven't heard a lot from the romney campaign since about his time as governor of massachusetts. by the process of eliminating other options, though, it looks like that may be about to change. joining us now for the interview is the last governor of massachusetts to run for president of the united states, winning the democratic party's nomination in 1988. it's michael dukakis. thank you so much for being here. nice to have you. >> thanks for having me, rachel. >> mr. romney says his private sector experience makes him the right person to turn the economy around. you are on record saying his record and the economy of massachusetts was a disaster. can you explain why you say that? >> well, it was. and of course, we heard the same thing from him when he ran for governor, he was a private seconder guy. he understood the economy, he was going to turn the s
>> governor romney as governor raised taxes and massachusetts was 47th in job creation. fourth from the bottom. >> that was how mitt romney's fellow republicans attacked him in the primaries this year. that's part of why you haven't heard a lot from the romney campaign since about his time as governor of massachusetts. by the process of eliminating other options, though, it looks like that may be about to change. joining us now for the interview is the last governor of massachusetts...
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congratulations to governor mitt romney, winner of the 2012 iowa caucuses. congratulations to senator santorum for a very close second place finish in an excellent race here. and congratulations to congressman paul and all the other candidates who competed in the 2012 iowa can cusses. thank you very much and have a good night. >> the final turn out number -- >> all right. mitt romney, the apparent winner in the gop caucus, pulling out a very, very, very, very narrow win deep into tonight by about eight votes? i believe that's the announcement coming just now. now, of course, it should be noted, no delegates are awarded tonight. this is a caucus procedure. the caucus procedure means that you elect local representatives and then go to the state convention. and at the state convention, those delegates were will apportioned. but mitt romney does win, it appears, the gop caucus in iowa. 29% of the vote -- i don't know that's right. yeah, 30,015. that sounds more like it. mitt romney, there are 25 delegates at stake in iowa. mitt romney is the winner eking out of
congratulations to governor mitt romney, winner of the 2012 iowa caucuses. congratulations to senator santorum for a very close second place finish in an excellent race here. and congratulations to congressman paul and all the other candidates who competed in the 2012 iowa can cusses. thank you very much and have a good night. >> the final turn out number -- >> all right. mitt romney, the apparent winner in the gop caucus, pulling out a very, very, very, very narrow win deep into...
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>> team romney denying a report in "the boston globe." >> governor romney will have to defend what he did at bain. >> he's going to have to face up to this. >> i believe this election will come down to character, conviction and vision. >> i've got broad shoulders. >> you just don't have credibility, mitt. >> they apparently looted the companies. >> there's a difference between venture and vulture capitalism.
>> team romney denying a report in "the boston globe." >> governor romney will have to defend what he did at bain. >> he's going to have to face up to this. >> i believe this election will come down to character, conviction and vision. >> i've got broad shoulders. >> you just don't have credibility, mitt. >> they apparently looted the companies. >> there's a difference between venture and vulture capitalism.
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michigan's governor, rick snyder came out and endorsed mr. romney earlier this month. the latest polling out of michigan, he has erased rick santorum's advantage there. mr. romney holding a slim lead in michigan ahead of the vote. the republican governor of arizona, jan brewer withheld her endorsement, waiting until yesterday, two days before the primary to announce she, too, is endorsing mr. romney. governor brewer's last minute endorsement is not exactly a profile in courage. given so much of the state has voted when you look at the polling, it looks like mitt romney will run away with arizona. governor brewer waited long enough to figure out who was going to win and then she said i'm with that guy. jan brewer, always brave, always classy. if you believe the polls, mitt romney has a prohibitive lead in arizona right now. but if you believe the curse, maybe jan brewer endorsing him might turn it around. having the arizona republican establishment on your side has not actually been a good omen in that state's republican politics recently the biggest thing that happened
michigan's governor, rick snyder came out and endorsed mr. romney earlier this month. the latest polling out of michigan, he has erased rick santorum's advantage there. mr. romney holding a slim lead in michigan ahead of the vote. the republican governor of arizona, jan brewer withheld her endorsement, waiting until yesterday, two days before the primary to announce she, too, is endorsing mr. romney. governor brewer's last minute endorsement is not exactly a profile in courage. given so much of...
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in 2004 governor romney signed the permanent assault weapons ban in massachusetts. then mitt romney decided to run for president. he started prepping himself for the republican presidential primary and then, of course, things got hilarious on the subject of guns. mr. romney said in a debate with "the boston globe," quote, i have a gun of my own. i go hunting myself. to which someone in the room replied, and i quote, excuse me, but isn't that your son josh's gun? yes, yes, it was. on the campaign trail, mr. romney touted it by saying he was a lifetime member of the nra. he would brag about that. that was sort of true. he joined the nra as a lifetime member in august 2006, just before announcing his presidential run. lifetime isn't the same thing as lifelong when it comes to membership in the nra. you too could become a member of the nra simply by giving them $1,000. when asked about his recent membership, mr. romney explained, quote, i'm after the nra's endorsement, in other words, i'm running for office. mitt romney wasn't just after their endorsement in the 2008 re
in 2004 governor romney signed the permanent assault weapons ban in massachusetts. then mitt romney decided to run for president. he started prepping himself for the republican presidential primary and then, of course, things got hilarious on the subject of guns. mr. romney said in a debate with "the boston globe," quote, i have a gun of my own. i go hunting myself. to which someone in the room replied, and i quote, excuse me, but isn't that your son josh's gun? yes, yes, it was. on...
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"tuesday's results actually increased governor romney's delegate lead. opponents moves closer to their date of mathematical elimination." that sounds so final, doesn't it? this is a delegate fight now. when barack obama was in the midst of his own delegate fight he was prepared for it. his campaign hired a strategist. berman was the most respected authority on the dark art of delegate math. jeff berman and campaign manager put together a path for barack obama to get the nomination, a long path, a path for delegate slog, came down to that. delegates, delegates, delegates. joining us now is jeff berman, the aforementioned, he's the author of the new book "the magic number" about the fight in which i think he reveals all his wizard-like tricks. jeff, thank you for being with us here tonight. >> hi, ezra, very good to be with you. >> this santorum campaign just hired a delegate director. at this point in '08 you had your job for a year. have they lost too much time? >> definitely it's a late time to be hiring a delegate director, but never too late so the qu
"tuesday's results actually increased governor romney's delegate lead. opponents moves closer to their date of mathematical elimination." that sounds so final, doesn't it? this is a delegate fight now. when barack obama was in the midst of his own delegate fight he was prepared for it. his campaign hired a strategist. berman was the most respected authority on the dark art of delegate math. jeff berman and campaign manager put together a path for barack obama to get the nomination, a...
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governor romney is that person, says romney surrogate ken cuccinelli. government romney is that person. how exactly will governor romney treat his bundlers different than president obama treats his bundlers? well, governor romney promises not to tell us who his bundlers are. oh, so president obama discloses the names of people who bundle big fundraising donations to him. mitt romney is pledging to keep the names of his secret. but his big attempted political pivot this week is to make president obama seem like he's the one that's a little shady about his donors, the donors president obama discloses publicly and mitt romney keeps secret. oh, republicans love justin bieber's electric car, and somehow that means communism, foreign, or what not. this is a mess, and if that is not a big enough mess, there's also buzzfeed reporting this week of the 17 political appointees announced by governor romney in 2006, of the 17 political appointees he announced that year, 15 were campaign donors to him. 15 of the 17, now he and his campaign are egging on the national
governor romney is that person, says romney surrogate ken cuccinelli. government romney is that person. how exactly will governor romney treat his bundlers different than president obama treats his bundlers? well, governor romney promises not to tell us who his bundlers are. oh, so president obama discloses the names of people who bundle big fundraising donations to him. mitt romney is pledging to keep the names of his secret. but his big attempted political pivot this week is to make president...
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a video emerged the today on the campaign trail from when governor romney's father, george romney, was running for governor in the state of michigan. his wife, lenoir, talking to an interviewer about how, in fact, george romney had received welfare relief for a few years when first coming to this country as a young man. joining us now is senator barbara boxer, democrat of california. senator boxer, thanks very much for being here. >> good to be with you. >> tonight you heard a clip of it, mr. romney making an appearance at a latino voter event tonight. he has dramatically scaled back his public schedule, but he is continuing to do events with latino audiences. you won 65% of the latino vote in your last re-election effort. do you have any advice for him on reaching a latino audience and helping them hear his message? >> rachel, i'm for president obama, but if i were to advise this candidate, i just think he's already gone so far in the wrong direction with latinos, i don't know how he gets back. when you are very clear in a primary and you say, people will just have to leave, because w
a video emerged the today on the campaign trail from when governor romney's father, george romney, was running for governor in the state of michigan. his wife, lenoir, talking to an interviewer about how, in fact, george romney had received welfare relief for a few years when first coming to this country as a young man. joining us now is senator barbara boxer, democrat of california. senator boxer, thanks very much for being here. >> good to be with you. >> tonight you heard a clip...
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. >> to hear marco rubio tell it, the good thing about mitt romney's record as governor of massachusetts is the things he did to massachusetts you could escape them by moving to another state. the good thing about romney's last turn as a political leader is you could run away from him. you could flee for your life to a place where mitt romney was not in charge. so yeah, marco rubio is not going to be mitt romney's vice president al nominee. you never know, but yeah, no. however, on that same subject of health reform, the romney campaign today tried a whole new angle on that same subject that frankly made marco rubio look good in comparison. the main romney spokes person was on fox news. she was asked about the anti-romney ad that was put out by a pro obama super pac. >> when mitt romney and bain closed the plant, i lost my health care and my family lost their health care, and a short time after that, my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick. and i think maybe she didn't say anything because she knew that we couldn't afford the insurance. and then one day, she became ill and
. >> to hear marco rubio tell it, the good thing about mitt romney's record as governor of massachusetts is the things he did to massachusetts you could escape them by moving to another state. the good thing about romney's last turn as a political leader is you could run away from him. you could flee for your life to a place where mitt romney was not in charge. so yeah, marco rubio is not going to be mitt romney's vice president al nominee. you never know, but yeah, no. however, on that...